Combined coin purse and bill fold



' NOV. 28, 1933. 7 LJ HESS 1,937,384

COMBINED COIN PURSE AND BILL FOLD Filed Aug. 19, 1929 Patented Nov. 28,1933 7 1,937,384 COMBINED COIN PURSE AND ILLFoLD JacobJust Hess,Freeport, 111. Application August/19, 1929, Serial No. 386,787 3 Claims.(01. 150 2s I The present invention relates to a combination coin purseand bill fold, the principal object of the invention being to provide adevice which may be stamped from a-unitary strip of leather.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a combination coinpurse and bill fold which is formed entirely of leather and which isselfsustaining and 'does'not require the usual rigid metal frameordinarily employed in the construc-- tion of bill folds.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a combined purseand bill fold which is'characterized by the absence of stitched seamsthereby eliminating the tendency of the same to rip or become unraveled.By such a construction, the article which is formed is more comfortableto the user in that hard and rigid seams are elimi- Hated. Still anotherobject of the invention is to provide a foldable combined coin purse andbill fold which is compact when in its folded condition and which, whenfolded, retains its contents in an extremely small space as comparedwith the ordinary bill fold.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined coin purse andbill fold which will securely hold small change and bills against distent of the bill fold. This latte'rfeature is advantageous in that inrestaurant-sand other public places, where small disbursements are to bemade, they may beaccomplished with neatness and dispatch and withoutdisclosing to bystanders the quantity of paper money carried by theuser. In connection with this last mentioned object of the invention,the. improved coin purse and bill fold is so constructed that the samemay be partially unfolded to expose the adjacent ends of the'billscontained-therein while still frictionally holding these bills withinthe bill fold in folded condition so thatthe user may, by engaging oneor more of the adjacent ends of the bills, pull the same from the billfold without disturbing the remaining bills contained therein andwithout necessie tating complete opening of the bill fold andconsequently without exposing the small change.

The provision of a bill fold which is rugged and durable, one which iscapable of being manufactured in large quantities at a minimum cost, and

one which'is well adapted to perform the services required of it, arefurther desirable features that have been-borne in mind in theproduction and development of the present invention.

Other objects and advantages of the. invention,

not at this time more particularly enumerated,

will become more readily apparent as the nature of the invention isbetter understood, and the same consists in the novel construction,combinationand arrangement of parts shown in'the accompanyingsinglesheet of drawings, forming a part of this specification in whichi Fig. 1is a plan view, diagrammatic in its representation, showing the improvedcombined coin purse and bill fold in its extended position as out from aleather blank from which it is manufactured. a v

Fig. 2 is a front view of the combined coin purse and bill fold initsfolded condition. Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the improved coinpurse and bill fold in its openposition so that access may be had to thecoin compartment and to the bill section of the device.

1 Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the device showing the same partlyopen so that access -may be had to the coin compartment while the billscontained within the device remain concealed and secured'in positionagainst removal.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the device in such a position thataccess may be had to the bills contained therein while the coincompartment remains closed.

And Fig. 6 is a plan view, diagrammatic in its representation, showing ablank having a plurality of the combined coin purse and bill folds'cutbut not removed therefrom. 7

In all of the above described views, like characters of reference areemployed to designate like parts throughout. v

The device involves in its general organization an elongated strip oimaterial 10, substantially rectangular in cross section, and havingrounded corners 12 at one end 14 thereof and having rounded corners 16at the other end 18 thereof. The elongated strip of material 10 isprovided with straight parallel longitudinal sides 20 and 22. The sides20 and 22, the rounded corners 16' and the end 18 may be provided with aperipheral border 24 which extends from points medially of the strip 10around one end thereof. ihe provision of the rounded corners 12 and 16tends to eliminate objectionable rolling of the edges of the deviceunder constant use. Furthermore the pr'ovision of the'porticn 24 lendsan ornamental feature to the article.

' tener 82 may engage the fastener 84. The bills Medially of the ends 14and 18 of the strip 10 are a pair of flaps 26 and 28 substantiallytrapezoidal in shape and adapted to be folded inwardly of the strip 10along the dotted lines 30 and 32 respectively. The flaps 26 and 28 asshown in Fig. l are adapted to be folded toward each other along thesaid dotted lines 30 and 32 rearwardly as shown by the dotted lines. Thelength of the strip 10 from the dotted line 66 to the end 18 may besubstantially the length of the new bills issued by the United StatesGovernment and marked Series of 1928, while the width of the strip 10may be substantially equal to the width of these bills. I The end 14 ofthe strip 10 is provided with a tab 34 which projects outwardly fromthis end, which tab is provided with an extension 36 adapted to befolded rearwardly along the dotted line 38. The extension 36 is providedwith an aperture 40 extending therethrough, while the tab 34 is providedwith an aperture 42. The apertures 40 and 42 are equallyspaced onopposite sides of the line 38 so that when the extension 36 or the tab34are folded ,rearwardly the two apertures are in alignment as clearlyshown in Fig.3. The extension 36 is adapted to be permanently folded onthe tab 34 and toward this end a female snap fastener 44 is inserted inthe aligned apertures 40 and 42 and serves to hold the parts together.

The strip 10 is provided with a pair of flaps 46 and 48 on oppositesides thereof. These flapsare somewhat wider than are the flaps 26 and28 and are substantially identical in shape. The flap 46 is folded alongthe lines 50, 52 and 54, while the flap 48 is folded along the lines 58,53and 60. The flaps 46 and 48 are adapted to be folded forwardly alongthe folded lines 62 and 64 respectively. The strip 10 may be foldedalong the transverse line 66 as clearly shown in Fig. 3 so that thelines 50 and 54 of the flap 46 and the lines 56 and 600i the flap 48 aremoved inwardly into alignment with the line 66, while the lines 52 and58 fall substantially into alignment with the respective edges of thestrip 10. Thus a'pocket or chamber 68 is provided for the reception ofsmallchange, keys or other small articles. I

The strip 10 is folded along the line '70 and the unit ;10 is adapted tobe bent along this line as shown in Fig. 3. A male fastener 72 issecured to thestrip 1O on its outer surface and is adapted to receivethefemale fastener 44thereon when the strip l0 is bent forwardly on thelines 74 andfifi,

and rearwardly on the line 70.

{The strip 10 is adapted tobefolded rearwardly on-the-dotted lines 76and80. Afemale fastener 82-is secured to'the strip adjacent the end 18 andhas its socket extending rearwardlywhile a male fastener 84-having arearwardly extending {projection isformed on the strip 10 adjacent theend 14; the bills to be contained by the device are placed onthe rearside of the strip 10 andthe flaps 26 and 28 are folded over their edges.The unit 10 is folded in the manner previously described along the lines'74, 66, and to closethe small change pocket .68. The unit 10 is thenfolded along the lines 76 and 80 so that the rascontained within thedevice will then be folded from View.

It will-be seen from the abovedescripti onthat ,access may be had,to thecoincoinpartment or pocket 68 without disclosing the bills in the billcompartment and vice versa. By disengaging the fasteners 72 and 44 thestrip 10 may be extended so that the flaps 46 and 48 will be movedoutwardly to permit access to be had to the coin compartment 68. Whenthe fasteners 82 and 84 are disengaged the unit 10 may be extended tosuch an extent that the edges of the bills will become disclosed .toview, the bills may thus be counted without removing the same from thefold. If it is desirable that one of the bills be removed, a strong pullon the selected bill will dislodge this bill from its neighbors; or ifdesired the entire bill fold may be opened up.

Referring now to'Fig. 6 the method of forming the bill folds isdisclosed. The bill folds may be cut from a blank of leather along thelines shown in these figfiresl Thus it will be seen that the percentageof waste material is small as comparedwith the percentage of materialthat is used in the manufacture of the bill folds.

The invention is not to be limited to the exaot arrangement of partsshown in the accompanying drawing or described in thisspecificationasvarious changes in the details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention. Only inso far as the invention as particularly pointed out in the accompanyingclaims is the same tobe limited.

1 A combined purseandbill fold comprising a single elongated strip ofmaterial divided by transverse fold lines into a plurality of majorsections ,arrangedend to end, a pair of said sectionsat one end ofsaid'stripbeing folded together to form the sides of a coin compartment,a portion of the strip beingfolded to close the endsof such compartment,a pair of said sections ad jacent said firsdmentioned pair being foldedabout saidcompartment toenclosethe same and form a bill fold, andreleasable means closing said compartments.

2. Aeombined purse andbill fold comprising a single strip of materialfolded to form a coin purse and a bill fold encompassing said coin purseone end 9 .s ii St he s te me W -3:1 closing said coinpurse, the otherend of said strip being formedwith a fiap closing said bill fold, andseparate fasteners securingsaid flaps in closed position, one partof onepair of fastenersbeing secured .to said stripof material adjacent oneend thereof and being operable on one side :thereof, one partloftheother pair of fasteners being secured to said strip of materialLadjacentthe other endandfbeing operable on the other side thereof, theotherparts of saidpairsbeing secured to said strip iof material onthesameside of the samea s their respective counter partswhereby eitherfiap maybeopened independentlyof theother.

3. A combined purse and bill fold comprising 7 a strip of materialfolded to form the front and rear walls and bottom of aipur'salflapscarried by said w alls andclosing the ends of the'purse, the materialofsaid rear wall being continued to form a flap eizt endingover the top ofsaid purse, and the material of l'said front wall continuing downwardly.fromitheupper edge .thereof and around said purse to form albillfoldand terminating in a flap for 'closing saidbill fold.

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